And in a 1 yr I don't want to stake my goaltending on someone who's never played more than half a season, and can't understand why someone else would unless the likes of Miller, Ward, Price, Lundqvist, Rinne, etc. were all gone.

To each their own.

It's MAF for me here.....same argument I was making in the Rask thread. In a one year there's just no way Price will match what MAF can do this season.

Even if Vokoun steals games from Fleury, Fleury is still the #1 and will get the bulk of the games. MAF is a lock for 35+ wins (as in, he's NEVER had less except his first couple seasons when the Pens were awful, and the year he got hurt), and his ratios are not as bad as everyone seems to think. He isn't the 2.70 goalie riding his team's coat tails anymore.....he's been 2.32 and 2.36 the last two years, with .918 and .913. Shutouts are low but those are unpredictable enough I discount them in my rankings.

In a one year league, there's just no way a good goalie on one of the league's worst teams is more valuable than a good goalie on one of the best teams.

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F: Malkin, Tavares, E. Kane, Parenteau, Havlat, Tarasenko, Galchenyuk, Brunner, Boyes, Kruger, Helm, M. Martin, Bergenheim, Carcillo, Stajan

D: Green, Ehrhoff, Ekman-Larsson, Coburn, Daley, Postma

G: Fleury, Mason, Montoya

Farm: Grigorenko, Grimaldi, Kucherov, D. Shore, Hartikainen, Stransky, Kerdiles, Joensuu, Pageau, Murphy, Ceci, Klefbom, Thrower, Donovan, Ekholm, Lehner, Dansk, Poulin, Nilsson, Andersen

I couldnt agree more to most of those names. How Lundqvist isnt in the final 4 is a real head scratcher.

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Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt

Stamkos, Tavares, Hall, Couture, Hanzal, Wheeler, Stastny, Versteeg, Fisher, Hornqvist, Eriksson, Hodgson, Setoguchi, Turris, Steen, Letang, DRoy, Yakupov, Grabner, Byfuglien, Baertschi

G-Rask, Halak, Schneider

As has been stated numerous times in the main page articles Lundqvist, Rinne and Quick were all held out of this tournament because they were so far ahead of everyone else that it seemed pointless to include them. This tournament instead decides who the fourth best goalie is this season, which should also help explain how Fleury can make the final four.

Please lookout for a follow up Cage Match article breaking down the Lundqvist-Rinne-Quick trio of dominance.

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By that do you mean a poll much like the others?

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Ohhhh yeah. Forgot about that part. That's gonna be a good one. I should begin work on my supporting thesis now.

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12 team, $$$, 24 players, Weekly, H2H, limited keeper (8), multi-cat (G, A, PIMs, Hits, SOG, HT/ W, GA, SV%, SO)

Start: 2C, 2RW, 2LW, 4D, 2G

Totally forgot about that.

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10 Team, Points Only, $$ League, Keep 20/25 at seasons end
25 Man Roster, top 20 monthly point getters count
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt

Stamkos, Tavares, Hall, Couture, Hanzal, Wheeler, Stastny, Versteeg, Fisher, Hornqvist, Eriksson, Hodgson, Setoguchi, Turris, Steen, Letang, DRoy, Yakupov, Grabner, Byfuglien, Baertschi

G-Rask, Halak, Schneider

Including an accompanying poll would actually be smart but no the plan was to just lay out the arguments for and against each player as is customary for my usual Cage Match articles.

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Hmmmm...that would make for an interesting poll. You should present your argument, then lay out the poll. Be a good debate, at least.

Which may not be what you're going for (and I understand) so, fwiw.

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Commish - Twisted Wrister Fantasy Hockey League

12 team, $$$, 24 players, Weekly, H2H, limited keeper (8), multi-cat (G, A, PIMs, Hits, SOG, HT/ W, GA, SV%, SO)

Start: 2C, 2RW, 2LW, 4D, 2G

Yeah, I think that's the new plan. I generally prefer to have the debate go on in the comments section of the main page article though so I may scrap the poll plan.

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